Think most of the homeless in Denver have come from out of state? Think again.
A common trope about the people living on the streets of Denver and throughout the metro region is that they've come to the Centennial State in pursuit of legalized cannabis and then become homeless. But a new report shows that's actually not the case.
Seventy-eight provided addresses inTexas, 47 in California, 39 in Florida, 28 in Arizona, 25 in New Mexico and 24 in Oklahoma. The data doesn't provide the complete picture, though, since the 4,384 people who shared their address represent just a portion of the 27,860 individuals who accessed services in the metro region during the same time period and whose data was plugged into HMIS. That's because the question is not a mandatory one.
"There is a common misconception that homelessness is a lifestyle choice for many," Rife says. But in fact, 94.4 percent of people whose data was entered into the HMIS system from July 2021 through June 2022 said that they weren't choosing to be homeless.
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